New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-27
UNSER FRITZ'S MALADY.
IS 1T A MALIGNANT OR BENIGN GROWTH
OPINIONS OF THOSE WHO SHOULD KNow-GRApCAL
DICIINE OF TMF PATENTS HEALTH.

condition to the ravagcs Of the disease, with only
comparatively few hours left him to live. There IS
one thing evident however, and that is that while there
may be fluctuations tho daily condition Of the SICK
man. the of the Crown Prince taken week by
week since he was first treated for his disease has been
growing less and less. The reports all agree thai ne
+, much weaker than he three months ago
There IS evidently constitutional ailmen which
If unchecked Will end In death.
What + the matter win the Crown Prince? THIS
Is a difficult question 10 answer. The physicians who
have been I'm Immediate attendance upon the royal
patient do not agree entirely upon the nature of his
disease II IS because they 10 not know what the
malady IS but because they dealing with a Crown
Prince It IS generally considered compa aiivcly easy
thing to determine the nature Of new grOwh when they
can be seen. and II the Crown Prince only an
ordinary citizen II would not take any physician Of ok
pcrcncc long to tell what allied him. and the patient
would have done for him whatever the circums anccs
Indicated The Crown Prince has to suffer for his great
ness. and remain IN ignorance of what would be told
to hospital patient I'm few moments after cXami-
nation The medical profcs ION Of This country IS much
Interested I'm the Crown Princes case and especially
since II has aroused discussion among eminent prac-
tioncrs The other side. The opinions Of physicians
diverse hero to the nature 81 the disease Some
hold that # IS cancer. others believe that It IS
benign growth. and few have the opinion that when
the doctors who have the patient arc not able to
tell the kind Of disease that he Is suffering from.
II IS folly TO look the Crown Princes throat from
a distance Of 5000 miles and s"itle tho question.
An OPINION FROM DR.. JOHN H. DOUGLAS.
DR.. John H. Douglas has had a largo experience In
diseases Of the throat and has had Of fungus
growth in the throat under his care for treatment Ic
with General Grant from The beginning TO the end
Of the growth that appeared I'm his throat He
said last evening The discussion over the case Of
the Crown Prince recalls my mind the that
took place IN places IA, nature Of General
Grants malady Tho physicians in attendance upon
tho General unanimous I'm the opinion that the
disease was cancer. but thousands ~ physicians and
laymcn hold different opinion. and this variance Of
opinion maintained by some even up 10 the time
Of Grant, death find that thcre Is the saTe dlncr
cuce on 'r Crown Princes case, and while the physi
Clans who haycclargc OF the ~nguhcd patient have
not impressed n definite opinion upon the subject.
think u rather hasty to jump to any conclusion Tho
Crown Prince went to Dr Mackenzie and had warty
growth removed from tho laryuN tho vocal cho d.,
piece - II sent to Professor Nirhow for cXauAa
tou and after it had been tested hy th' micro cop IL
was pronounc' Il paplloma. This IS a tnmor II be-
nisn nature and IS not a cancer. There Is no danger
IN their growth, unless Il be from ,thocaon when To-
Gated IN the larynv
"This about all that &, known Of the naur" Of the
disease t, odo 90 the Atlantic. All the talk about
n being ono thing another Is guess work and utterly
without foundation have watched all the cable dis
patches ln reference 70 tho case and have not seen
ANYTHING about The symptoms that would warrant a
conclusion There are changes reported all the time,
but know llttle about their character and their
cause. They may not Indicate something of
value. depending upon circumstances If which Ve know
nothing"
What about tho pms that has begun 70 flow from
tho inhaWcl surface the throat Of the Crown Prince ,"
UsINi rHg MICROSCOPE TO DEFECT TIRE MALADY.
This might bc from a cancer but who can tell Pro
fe,-or NIrcAow ha, taken some II The Tu' for micro
scopcl examinations and when no NJ axes his report II
VIII De definitely settled To ~ further {, Slecu
Ton * aim
way. After The removal OF tho new growth hy the
actual clutcry lc hand, II Dr Mackenzie, the flesh
~ course. rrmn'ncI raw. Tn crown Prince, have
road caught cold, aui catarrhal discharges passing
into the throat would naturally SET up an illumination
II g., Just sound say that this pm, comes from the
exposure to cll AMI irritation which has set up an
Inflammation lu tie crrslchoudI.un. or the fine mem
bran" which covers the cartIlag"s IN the throat.
II looks 10 II Ia" puS came from tits source more
tnan from generous liberation. Tho pms not be
malignant and u not T. Will stop flowing A. the
+ Inflammation sunsiie' II VIII take a minute exam
J nation 10 disclose rs character
The first tumor wart. and there IS nothing
that have seen 10 show that ans ming more has ap
pcarcl Pu- doe, not indicate cancer, although It IS
Characteristic u IL II the microscope show, that the
disease 3, cpIrheliona, enccphaoid cancer, the
Crown Prince IS doomed Nothing save his life.
! though 90 may De prolonged II Il shows that II IS
| only Inflammation duo to vnrt, he can g"t well
The chances are that II 70 Is cancer the Crown Prince
| VIII not 1--we long General Grant because the
disease IS located further down the wiudplpc to begin
with, and Tie proErc,, 4 the disease VIII necessarily
lc fls'cr ID, there IS less tissue 10 work upon. II II
shoulA provo To- be there ctt be question
a 20 tho danger OF IT'S removal by gllvano cautery
. This would set up an Inflammation which might hasten
the development Of tlc disease know Dr. Mackenzie
and have the utmost confidence IN his Judgment. He
says that It was only benign ,umor aud II It were in
my throat would take his word for the TRUTH
"Cau the malignant tumor DO developed from tbs
benign tumor'T
This Is something upon which thcrr IS much differ
ence Of opinion. There eminent advocates each
way These wariy growths can be torn out or burned
. out with caustic There Is danger In using caIstic,
n II should bo would hasten rs growth.
have road that Or ackcnIic admits that the DIS
cancer, but think that there must bo mis-
take about this, IS hard 10 square with the re-
mark of Professor Nlrchow. that u wa' only warty
growth The age Of the Crown Prince Is against him
/ In any event"
"wno SHALL DECIDE wHrN Dc CroRS pIsAGREEP
DR. George L slraiy. who was one Of the consult.
ins surgeon, In General Grams case differs from Dr.
Don gas, and IS strongly convinced that the disease
is cancer h. said recent issue Of The Medical
Record" that there IS little room for doubt that the
disease IS carcinoma OF the larynx, matter what
the original disease might have been In his opinion
the Crown Prince IS doomed, but the time when death
VIII come is Tho statistic, show that tho
average duration of lfc ahcr the disease manlf'ss
itself ia cpthelomn IS twenty three months, and In
the cnccphaold II about thrco years II the
| Crown Prince should be- fortunate a. some of tho
vduals who have had the disease for ten and even
fifteen years. he would live about To the hainra emu
Of hts DAYS But those long periods are not In those
cnscs whcrc the disease IS I'm the throat ana would
hardly he within the range of probability that the
Crown Prince be alive at the end Of two years ana
| hi, death may como much sooner.
| A prominent physician said last evening; An
| rpithcoma may begin as a wart. crack tuterclc,
| hard, movable and tender on pressure. II may have
a dozen or more shapes rs grows. As the disease
advances IL ATTACKS all the neghborng tissue and works
L. ,..,. 1hr..u.l Ihsu cnInns Ill